The Roman law of slavery: the condition of the slave in private law from Augustus to Justinian

W. W. Buckland’s highly regarded magisterial work of 1908 is a scholarly and thorough description of the principles of the Roman law with regard to slavery. Chapters systematically address, in Buckland’s words, ‘the most characteristic part of the most characteristic intellectual product of Rome’. In minute detail, Buckland surveys slaves and the complexity of the position of the slave in Roman law, describing how slaves are treated both as animals and as free men. He begins by outlining the definition of ‘slave’, their characteristics andconditions, giving examples of particular cases and describing for the readerthe sorts of work a Roman slave might do. Carefully and comprehensively referenced throughout, this is a general survey of an important aspect of Roman lawby a renowned Cambridge academic, which retains its status as an enduring classic. INDICE: Preface; Part I. Condition of the Slave: 1. Definition and generalcharacteristics; 2. The slave as res; 3. The slave as res (cont.); 4. The slave as man; 5. The slave as man (cont.); 6. The slave as man (cont.); 7. The slave as man (cont.); 8. The slave as man (cont.); 9. The slave as man (cont.); 10. Special cases; 11. Special cases (cont.); 12. Special cases (cont.); 13. Special cases (cont.); 14. Special cases (cont.); 15. Special cases (cont.); 16. Special cases (cont.); Part II. Enslavement and Release from Slavery: 17. Enslavement; 18. Enslavement (cont.); 19. Outline of law of manumission during the republic; 20. Manumission during the empire; 21. Manumission during the empire (cont.); 22. Manumission during the empire (cont.); 23. Manumission duringthe empire (cont.); 24. Manumission under Justinian; 25. Manumission; 26. Freedom independent of manumission; 27. Freedom without manumission; 28. Questions of status; 29. Effect after manumission of events during slavery; Appendices; Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-108-00943-0
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 756
• Fecha Publicación: 24/06/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés